11 Facts About David Kipiani

David Kipiani was a Georgian and Soviet football midfielder and manager, who played for the USSR national team.

David Kipiani was known for his elegant style of play, dribbling ability and passing range.

David Kipiani started playing for the 35th School during the early stages of his career.

David Kipiani was invited to play for Dinamo Tbilisi in 1967.

So, David Kipiani went to play for another Tbilisi-based club, Locomotive Tbilisi.

Georgian team's impressive success against such great football clubs like Liverpool, Inter Milan, Napoli, West Ham United, Feyenoord and others was mainly determined by their obvious personal and professional talent, unique playing abilities and individual skills, great vision of the game, by their exemplary and complete interactions on the football pitch, where David Kipiani was probably the most important, illustrious and exquisite player among others.

David Kipiani was capped 19 times for the Soviet Union, between April 1974 and May 1981, scoring seven goals.

David Kipiani made his international debut under manager Konstantin Beskov, in a friendly international match on 17 April 1974 in Zenica, when he was a second-half substitute for Vladimir Fedotov.

David Kipiani played his last national team game on 30 May 1981 in a 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales.

David Kipiani was not given a chance to play in the World Cup finals.

David Kipiani died in Tbilisi, Georgia from injuries sustained in a car crash near Tserovani on 17 September 2001.